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letter to the editor: lead poisoning among opium users in iran, a possible new emerging epidemic in the region
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نویسنده
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radfar ramin ,nematollahi pardis ,farhoudian ali ,noroozi alireza
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منبع
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iranian journal of public health - 2017 - دوره : 46 - شماره : 8 - صفحه:1152 -1153
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چکیده
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Lead poisoning (lp) is severe heavy metal intoxication with a wide range of symptoms such as high blood pressure, abdominal pain, constipation, joint pains, muscle pain, declines in mental functioning, pain, numbness or tingling of the extremities, headache, memory loss, mood disorders, reduced sperm count, abnormal sperm, miscarriage or premature birth in pregnant women and anemia. lp could be fatal and there is an estimation that lp is responsible for 143000 deaths per year that mainly occurs in who south-east asia region, and who western pacific and eastern mediterranean regions with 50% and 20% of total deaths, respectively.
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university of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, substance abuse and dependence research center, ایران. university of california, los angeles (ucla), integrated substance abuse programs, usa, isfahan university of medical sciences, department of pathology, ایران, university of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, substance abuse and dependence research center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences, school of advanced technologies in medicine (satim), department of neuroscience and addiction, ایران
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